“They have a deep passion for what they do. They have a deep hunger for success, and they’re driven by a vision.”
To call Deepak Chopra an authority on what makes leaders effective would be a tepid understatement. The 78-year-old Indian-American philosopher and alternative medicine guru has authored dozens of New York Times bestsellers whose overarching theme is human effectiveness, and he was named by Time as one of their top 100 influencers of the last century for his work in the field.
His list of close friends and collaborators includes the most renowned spiritual figures in the world (the Dalai Lama) as well as pop-culture giants past (George Harrison, Michael Jackson) and present (Lady Gaga, Alicia Keys, J. Balvin), and his social media following has reached 20m. In short, if Dale Carnegie hadn’t got there first, the title might plausibly have become one of the 94 books on Chopra’s C.V. (and its sequel might have been named ‘How to Find Peace